The machine with frother costs about $300 (an investment, but less than many espresso/capuccino machines) and the coffee capsules are about $.55 each. Good bye Starbucks. It's convenient and saves money in the long run.

The tray was painted with Annie Sloan's Duck Egg Blue.

It's hiding the annoying electrical outlet and cord.

The metal tray is an old tool carrier.

On either side of the coffee cups are glasses

half-hidden behind antiqued glass.

The back of the cabinet is painted the same color as our island in Benjamin Moore's Fieldstone.

They have modern look and are reasonably priced. You can buy them in either color.

Rough cut, French brown sugar cubes are a little luxury...but they make me feel as if I am having a café creme in Paris.

(I like to buy an extra box for my mom).

This non-fat organic milk makes a great froth.
I put hot water in the cup from the insta-hot tap to warm the cup (much like the British do with their tea pots) and empty it just before I make the single serve coffee.

You have a really love coffee station! After seeing yours, I'm thinking of making a tea station in the butler's pantry I have! I love how you displayed everything and even managed to cover up the electrical outlet and chord!! Beautiful!

Love your coffee station Mary Ann and love cappuccino! I drink three cappuccinos every morning and own a gaggia machine that sits on my counter. You now have me thinking of how to make my coffee experience look better like yours. What a beautiful setup you have! You've reminded me I need to make more biscotti and today is the perfect day for it.

Cappuccino please! Love your station. Bethany loves her Nespresso and I love going over there and joining her. Wish we could all have coffee together in person1Have a nice weekend.xo NancyPowellbrowerhome.com

I have the identical Citiz Nespresso and adore it!!!I've only had it for about a month. We are so fortunate as Nespresso just opened a boutique store on Grant in SF and it is amazing!!! We buy our coffee there. I love the idea of rinsing the cup with boiling water first... Brilliant... will start doing that immediately!Love your coffee station. Where can I find that sugar? I had some years ago but forgot where I got it.I love to use moo milk from Trader Joe's to make a mocha and them I sprinkle Maribelle's Aztec Hot Chocolate mix on top. It is divine!I really don't know how I lived without my Citiz and Milk before!!!Worth every cent of $300. I haven't been to Starbucks or Peets since it arrived.Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. We just got back from a long bike ride with my brother's little Maltese, Lou, along for the ride in my basket. It's beautiful in the bay area today!XO

Are those biscotti from Trader Joe's?They are so incredible. They taste just like the ones we first discovered in Florence back in 1985 and ate by the bagful. I can't buy them too often, they are dangerously tempting and don't last more than a couple days...

That last shot looks so delicious! Ready to take a sip. What a perfectly functional and beautiful space, love it.

We are tea drinkers, chai daily, courtesy of husband first thing in the morning and delicious properly prepared chai (not the yucky Starbucks one). We use the same milk you do with honey, fresh ginger, cardamom and fennel, it thickens on the second boil, resulting in a creamy chai, much like cafe au lait.

I see you are into the Anne Sloan paint too! I am itching to find something else to paint with it, so fun and rather addictive.

I am obsessed with NESPRESSO!! I love, love and live for it! I got hooked at a client's home and then returned the favor and got my parents, my sister and my brother hooked:-) I will I had such a large dedicated area like yours. Beautiful!!

Bon jour! (Is that hello or good bye?! I need to study up a bit!) Any-who, I've been dragging my feet on purchasing one of these, because my husband just like black coffee, but you have sold me, I think! Looks wonderful and functional!

Though I'm not a coffee drinker, I'd love to join you for tea, anytime! You're so lucky to have the perfect spot for a drink station, and you've made it so inviting and pretty. I love your tray and have always wanted to try Annie Sloan's chalk paint, but no place around me sells it! Such a great color! I'm sure your friends delight in coming over to enjoy a cup of "joe" or to sip tea with you in your chic, classic, casual home!

LOVE your pretty coffee/tea station! Very well appointed, simple and elegant (so you!). I'm sure that tons of your readers will be using yours as inspiration to create one for themselves! I have been wanting to add a Nespresso, but fear I need a bigger space, as I already have a Keurig, a traditional coffee maker, and all of the accoutrements, taking up quite a bit of space in my own coffee staion area of my kitchen. After reading this post, I may have to succumb and find a way to make it all work! :-)

Have a great Sunday! xo-LisaP.S. Thanks for sharing your source on the raw sugar cubes! (Something I too, always love while in Paris!)

Mary Ann we are two peas in a pod. I discovered Nespresso machines while staying in the apartment we rented in Paris. It became a wonderful part of each day and as soon as we got home we went on line and bought one. I do the same add hot water to warm up my cup and then make a wonderful espresso. You coffee bar is wonderful, you are lucky to have the perfect spot with a sink too!! A very special morning and afternoon ritual, me and my espresso, I too have the mini biscotti. On this one thing we could be twins!! xo Kathysue

Your tea/coffee station is so neatly organized! Girl after my heart. I had an area like this in one of our previous homes and loved it…..I can't wait to do our kitchen over and incorporate a little beverage station into it. Yours is already pinned to my dream board!

Love your coffee station...you got me thinking about clearing off the clutter on a countertop that just collects junk and turning it into a coffee station! My husband got me a Keurig for my birthday this year and I'm enjoying that...but you're right, it needs a designated area. Thanks for the inspiration!

I'll join you! We just got a french press and I'm thrilled with the quality of the coffee - both the freshness and the flavor. I've been eyeing up the Nespresso though and might get one of those down the line.

Did you know that the British upper classes used to pour the tea and then add milk whilst the lower classes added milk first and then the tea? This was because the lower classes had inferior china/ porcelain which would have cracked if boiling water was added directly!